Kate Carruthers

Chief Data & Insights Officer, UNSW

Kate is Chief Data & Insights Officer for UNSW Sydney, is the Head of Business Intelligence for the UNSW AI Institute and is also an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the School of Computer Science & Engineering at UNSW Sydney.


She is a member of the NSW Government Data Analytics Centre Advisory Board and is a member of the Microsoft Regional Director program for cybersecurity (this is an advisory role that provides Microsoft leaders with customer insights, real-world voices and insights).

She is co-founder of several startups, and has extensive experience in senior executive roles, working for diverse organisations such as Citibank, General Electric, AMP, Westfield (now Scentre Group), and NSW Treasury. Kate has significant experience in the successful delivery of digital, data, ICT, and change projects across organisations of various sizes.

Kate was a member of the Advisory Board for the Faculty of Informatics at the University of Wollongong joining UNSW Sydney a member of the Telstra Industry Advisory Board.

In 2014 Kate was named as one of Australia’s most powerful women in technology by Smart Company magazine and was named among the 2021 Constellation Research Business Transformation 150 (BT150). She was also named as one of the CDO Magazine 2021 List of Academic Data Leaders.

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